diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index 2c68ea66ba..f5261b62ae 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -2248,10 +2248,12 @@ namespace ts {
                 property.questionToken = questionToken;
                 property.type = parseTypeAnnotation();
 
-                // Although object type properties cannot not have initializers, we attempt to parse an initializer
-                // so we can report in the checker that an interface property or object type literal property cannot
-                // have an initializer.
-                property.initializer = parseNonParameterInitializer();
+                if (token === SyntaxKind.EqualsToken) {
+                    // Although object type properties cannot not have initializers, we attempt
+                    // to parse an initializer so we can report in the checker that an interface
+                    // property or object type literal property cannot have an initializer.
+                    property.initializer = parseNonParameterInitializer();
+                }
 
                 parseTypeMemberSemicolon();
                 return finishNode(property);
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.errors.txt b/tests/baselines/reference/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.errors.txt
index e4f923def5..00442f4f87 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.errors.txt
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.errors.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-tests/cases/conformance/types/objectTypeLiteral/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.ts(12,22): error TS1005: '=' expected.
-tests/cases/conformance/types/objectTypeLiteral/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.ts(12,22): error TS2304: Cannot find name 'bar'.
-tests/cases/conformance/types/objectTypeLiteral/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.ts(12,25): error TS1005: ';' expected.
+tests/cases/conformance/types/objectTypeLiteral/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.ts(12,22): error TS1005: ';' expected.
 
 
-==== tests/cases/conformance/types/objectTypeLiteral/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.ts (3 errors) ====
+==== tests/cases/conformance/types/objectTypeLiteral/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.ts (1 errors) ====
     var x: {
         foo: string,
         bar: string
@@ -17,8 +15,4 @@ tests/cases/conformance/types/objectTypeLiteral/objectTypeLiteralSyntax2.ts(12,2
     
     var z: { foo: string bar: string }
                          ~~~
-!!! error TS1005: '=' expected.
-                         ~~~
-!!! error TS2304: Cannot find name 'bar'.
-                            ~
 !!! error TS1005: ';' expected.
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